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I close the door when I poop.

It’s no secret, and I’m not doing anything wrong, but it’s MY business and nobody else’s.

Fingerprints are the least invasive of biometrics imo. If your fingerprints are weak the govt may put you under more scrutiny “just in case” and I think that would be a much greater violation of your privacy

Prints prove you were in a place just like an airport camera and airline records would. As long as your phone/computer etc isn’t unlocked via fingerprint that’s really all it can be used for on most cases. Don’t get me wrong it isn’t ideal and I see your point of wanting to avoid giving that away regardless

I’ve seen Amish:

Burn chemicals and paints in a pile behind their shop

Have dumpsters full of plastic “sawdust” from a shop that makes plastic furniture

Rebrand cheap chinese electronics and batteries to sell in their communities (MillerTech)

Zip around on a one wheel

Ride electric scooters

Log out relatively pristine forest to make more farms

Log land that isn’t theirs, without permission, for weeks before being discovered and confronted.

Vote down school levies repeatedly until the local schools shut down

Open a retail store in a mall

These days the amish button isn’t nearly as great as you might think…still funny to think about how everyone would react though

Nice! My brother and I were wondering if anyone ever made a Where’s Waldo style game

I was joking of course, but I will say that a cool thing about gardening is you know exactly what you used on your plants instead of taking an industrial farm’s word for it

Or are you naive enough to think everyone should be growing their own Victory gardens?

Yes.

Then sprinkle a little 5 eyes intelligence sharing and boom anyone can know all your encrypted information

Yeah no prob I’ve had tons of fun with it over the years and I hope you enjoy it too!

Buy stamps!

Postcrossing is really cool. You send and recieve post cards across the globe!

Play Arma Reforger, you’ll figure it out!

Damn I’m getting called out

“Oh cool they use openstreetmap data! See babe that’s the map I’m always editing and…”

People: Why are bees and fireflies dying in droves?

Also People: Better hose my yard with chemicals and mount floodlights until it looks like a baseball stadium

So that’s what they mean by “shake your money maker”

Beach umbrellas are mostly used on sunny days so I can see that.

It’s pretty deep for a bible verse

“The wicked flee when none persueth, but the riteous go bold as a lion” or something like that

Nukes. We know they have them and missiles to deliver them. Any situation where a wildcard like North Korea uses nukes in any offensive capacity is terrifying. “Nuclear War: A Scenario” is a great modern book on how things could go to hell if one single North Korean nuclear missile is launched towards the United States.

Artillery. In any case of open war on North Korea anyone within artillery range of the NK border will be bombarded with heavy shelling. Even if it lasted for just an hour or two before the batteries were eliminated the civilian casualties and destruction would be like a large natural disaster. Now imagine if chemical shells were added to the mix, because they have those too.

China has the most leverage to help North Korea on a humanitarian and diplomatic level without risking war, so if it could be done the best chance is through them.

I agree! The 2nd amendment isn’t for the right or left. It is for EVERYONE, some people just chose to ignore it because they could. It’s easy to make fun of open carry gun nuts and paranoid preppers, but you know maybe a government that is unwilling/unable to help you isn’t so far fetched after all

Anyone can buy similar stuff, train at a range every month or so to get proficient (dry fire is fine too if you don’t have a range), read a few military manuals your tax money paid for. Being a responsible gun owner may sound daunting but it’s not.

Then work on physical fitness a bit, enough to take a 5+ mile hike without dying. Learn some first aid too because everyone should be able to deal with a gunshot wound anyway.

In the end you can’t assume that your political opponents to take risks for you

True and say what you want about American wars, they don’t take territory for themselves. Russia on the other hand

Ukraine was invaded, twice, with Russia as the aggressor. That isn’t Ukraine’s fault and they have every right to kick Russian ass as long as it takes for Russia to pull out or negotiate. Both will be politically painful so the war goes on.

And if you’re in a shooting war with Russia, who better to ask for weapons than the US? Even old outdated US equipment was designed to take on Soviet equipment so yeah you want them as friends to give your nation a fighting chance and prove to Russia and the international community that they won’t be pushovers.

And look at NATO. They are bumping defense GDP to 5%. Finland, Poland, Estonia and others are withdrawing from agreements that forbid the placement of anti-personnel mines. Even if this war ends tomorrow, nobody seems to think Russia will be satisfied for long